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Woman Tosses Mattress Stuffed With Mom's $1M

It was her mom's life savings

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(Newser) – In hindsight, maybe the bank might've been a better idea: An Israeli woman dumped her mom's life savings when she decided to surprise her with a new mattress—and tossed the old one padded with nearly $1 million, CNN reports. City workers are helping the daughter search, and have beefed up security around dumps to keep away treasure seekers. The elderly mother has told her daughter to forget about it.

"'The heart is crying but you know we could have been in a car accident or had a terminal disease,'" the woman says her mom told her.

The woman had been stashing away her life savings in the trashed mattress, her daughter says.
The woman had been stashing away her life savings in the trashed mattress, her daughter says.   (Shutter stock)
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It's a very, very sad story but I've been through worse. People need to know how to accept the good and the bad in life. - Annat, who threw away her
mom's life savings

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NewserHound
Jun 10, 09 2:23 PM CDT
I can't blame her for stuffing her money into her mattress. I am doing the same thing! Anything to keep it out of the hands of the banks and the government... wich these days seem to be the same thing. Reply
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nick
Jun 10, 09 2:51 PM CDT
Good move. But whatever you do, don't remove the mattress tag. The feds will be all over you. :)
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psycada
Jun 10, 09 3:14 PM CDT
It's not safe under your mattress either. If the dollar busts, then all you have is paper stuffing worth less than the paper it's printed on.
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Chilblain
Jun 10, 09 3:36 PM CDT
What's yer address ? LOL!
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Netstorm2k9
Jun 10, 09 2:28 PM CDT
Where was mom when this happened. Should be the first case of an adult getting spanked by the parent. Reply
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